2019 Upcoming Events at Burden Museum & Gardens

Harvest Days

LSU Rural Life Museum

September 28-29, 2019

Living history demonstrations will re-enact activities that
took place on Louisiana farms and plantations during harvest time in the 1800s.
Artisans will demonstrate skills related to harvest, hunting, fieldwork and
other 19th-century duties. Activities will include cooking, soap
making, boat building and wagon rides. Regular admission charged.

Corn Maze

LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens

October 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019 - 10 AM - 5 PM

The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens Corn Maze is a family friendly day of fall fun with numerous farm related activities. Join the crazy mazy fun every Saturday in October with hayrides, zip lining, face painting, Bayou Goula’s Petting Zoo, pumpkin decorating and more! Corn Maze has thousands of visitors each year and is Baton Rouge’s most aMAZEing event!

Enjoy hamburgers, food from local vendors, and corn inspired snacks like corndogs and popcorn.

Admission is $10 per person and free for children 3 and under. Friends of the Gardens family membership discount: $5 per person.

Wine & Roses

LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens

October 16, 2019 - 6 PM

Friends of LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens invite you to dine
among the roses for the most beautiful al fresco event of the year! Join us for
delicious food and music. Guests are asked to wear cocktail attire. Tickets are
$125. Seating is limited, and tickets sell out every year so please reserve
your seat in advance. Call 225-763-3990 ext. 6 for tickets.

Haints, Haunts, and Halloween: A Rural Life Fall Fair

LSU Rural Life Museum

October 27, 2019

Remember the sights, sounds and activities of an
old-fashioned country fair. Join the staff of the Rural Life Museum as they
provide a safe and fun Halloween event for families. Storytelling, cakewalks,
pumpkin decorating, games and trick-or-treating are some of the events kids
will be able to participate in. Admission: $5 per person.

A Rural Life Christmas

LSU Rural Life Museum

December 8, 2019

Ring in the Christmas season with a 19th-century
Louisiana celebration. Musical groups, demonstrating artisans, storytellers and
costumed re-enactors will set the holiday mood. The event will conclude with a
bonfire and a very special guest. Admission: Adults $10.00. Children 10 years and
under are free.